by MBC News | Jan 26, 2024 | Current News
A woman from La Ronge is $1 million richer after winning on a VLT earlier this week. Mary Cassie of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band was playing Vault Breaker at Eddie’s Place on Monday when she won the grand jackpot. “I sat at the VLT machine as my husband played pool. I...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2024 | Current News
By: Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Wakaw Recorder In the summer of 2023, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan purchased two adjacent river lots that had been advertised for sale in the Rural Municipality of Fish Creek just north of the junction of...
by Joel Willick | Jan 26, 2024 | Current News
Rachel Smith and her business Bannock Express were featured on an episode of CBC’s Dragons’ Den on Thursday night. Smith was seeking $80,000 for 18% of her business with hopes an investment could help her mass produce her bannock mix. During her pitch,...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 26, 2024 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology has announced the grand opening of a new Pop-up Career Centre in La Loche. The new Career Centre is SIIT’s tenth such centre in the province and is now located at the La Loche Friendship Centre. Plans for a Career Centre...
by bryanorthner | Jan 25, 2024 | Current News
WARNING: Distressing content The Coroner’s Inquest looking at the mass stabbing on James Smith Cree Nation and in the Village of Weldon entered its ninth day Thursday. The first witness to take the witness stand Thursday morning was Dr. Derek Musgrove a forensic...
by Joel Willick, Dan Jones | Jan 25, 2024 | Current News
It was emotional in a Prince Albert court this morning as former RCMP officer Bernie Herman was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Braden Herman. Bernie was originally charged with first-degree murder in the May 2021 death. During the December trial, Bernie...
by Jenna Smith | Jan 25, 2024 | Current News
(Aerial perspective of a revegetated tailings field at the Gunnar Mine and Mill Site in July 2022. Provided by Sask. Research Council.) The Saskatchewan Research Council is getting ready to host several community meetings in the north which will be centered around...
by bryanorthner | Jan 24, 2024 | Current News
WARNING: Distressing content The James Smith Cree Nation inquest has heard from Myles Sanderson’s direct parole officer. Natasha Melanson, was Sanderson’s community parole officer after he was released from custody a second time. Sanderson’s...
by Dan Jones | Jan 24, 2024 | Current News
(Photo of Doug Cuthand.) A new television series focusing on northern, Indigenous search and rescue incidents is looking for story ideas. “Searchers” is a real-life search and rescue show inspired by famed tracker Tom Charles. The producers, filmmaker and journalist...
by MBC News | Jan 24, 2024 | Current News
Michael Oleksyn/Daily Herald A t-shirt making station was one of the features of the Family Kinship Fair at the PAGC Urban Services Centre on Saturday. Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A group of SIIT students took over the PAGC Urban Services...
